27 January 2017 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer Chris Balmer
Westham Lodge, Arbory Road, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1nd
The proposal involves building a new dwelling with traditional massing, modern fenestration, a large stone external chimney stack, stone cladding on the ground floor integral garage, pitched roof in imitation slates, and painted render walls.
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The site is specifically identified in the Area Plan for the South (adopted 2013) as suitable for one dwelling, subject only to a detailed tree survey identifying trees to be retained and protection m…
General Policy 2
Requires development to accord with Area Plan design briefs; respect site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design, landscaping; not adversely affect landscape/townscape character, resident amenity, locality character; incorporate topography/trees; provide safe access/parking; no adverse road safety/traffic effects. Officer assessed proposal against criteria a, b, c, f, g, h, i, j and found compliant, supported by site allocation and previous approvals.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Tree protection measures
No other development may be commenced until such time as the protection measures shown in the Tree Survey and Report have been installed. The protection measures, construction methods and tree planting detailed in the "Tree Survey and Report" prepared by Manx Roots Tree Management Limited received on 25th November, 2016, must be adhered to in full, subject to the undertaking of the pre-arranged supervision detailed in Section 2, Appendices 5 and 7, by a suitably qualified tree specialist. No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted or wilfully destroyed during the implementation of the development and thereafter within 5 years from the completion date, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particularly or as otherwise approved by the Department. This condition will only be fully discharged on completion of the development subject to submission of satisfactory written evidence of contemporaneous supervision and monitoring by a suitably qualified tree specialist of the tree protection throughout construction. Reason: to provide an appropriate landscaped setting to the development and to protect the wildlife which may occupy or use this vegetation.
Mitigation tree planting
The mitigation planting - the four rowan trees referred to in the application, must be introduced in the first planting season following the completion of the dwelling. Any of these trees which die or are removed within 5 years of being planted must be replaced with the same species and size of the trees and in the same place as those which are to be replaced. Reason: to provide an appropriate landscaped setting for the new dwelling and to mitigate the loss of the trees removed during development.
no objection to the application
no objection to the loss of the trees as shown; if mitigation and protection measures proposed are undertaken then impact on trees in medium term should be minimal; recommends tree protection condition
following discussions with the applicant, no longer object to the application
Castletown Town Commissioners raised no objections to the application. DOI Highways Division deferred their comment awaiting further information.
Key concern: Highways input deferred pending further information
Castletown Town Commissioners
No Objectionthe Board of Castletown Town Commissioners discussed the above mentioned application at their meeting of 5th December and no objections to the application were raised.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No CommentDefer - awaiting information; DEFER on 1-12-16; Highways input deferred pending further information/input
